Harel

#7,348 in 2025Boys' name

Altar, mountain of God

Harel has been given to 200 babies in the U.S. since 1930. In 2025 it ranked #7,348 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2005, with 14 recorded.

Babies named Harel, 2025

1 in 301,000

Harel over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Harel: meaning, origin, and history

Altar, mountain of God

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Harel means

Harel means “altar, mountain of God”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 200 boys were recorded with the name Harel between 1930 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 14 in 2005; its best national rank was #4,233 in 1930.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #11,089 in 2020 to #7,348 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #9,035 in 2015 to #7,348 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Harel?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 301,000; 11 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 155,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #7,348; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 208,901 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Harel sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 208,901 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Harel. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Harels were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Harel was born before 2012 — so the typical Harel is around 13 today.

Median birth year: 2012; About 13 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 42.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 92.5%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 195; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 42.0% of all recorded uses (84).

Is Harel rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: +3,741; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +1,687; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.38×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 78.6%; Peak was 2005 (14)
Years since peak: 20; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 30.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,233; 1930

Spellings of Harel

Harel is not the most common spelling — Harold is, with 19.4% against Harel's <0.01%.

Harold19.4%551,632
Carl17.7%504,827
Harry14.9%423,866
Earl10.1%289,174
Jared7.2%206,351
Harvey4.5%127,925
Karl3.5%100,836
Axel2.5%72,459

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Harel is used

Across 1910–2025, Harel was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 2,796,049 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in —
2New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Harel has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Harel around the world

Where Harel ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2014–2025
#5,137
in 2025
France
2015–2024
#2,803
in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Harel by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #7,348
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 3,741
Best rank ever: #4,233; 1930
Peak year: 2005; 14 that year
First recorded: 1930
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 200
Count in 2025: 11

Names similar to Harel

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Harrel Haron Harlo Harjot Harvin Haruto Haru Harith Aurel Berel Haruki Haroun Harlym Harbor Harlyn Yarel Harce Harun Hardyn Harim Harvest Haruo Harshiv Hargis

Sibling names for Harel

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Jazmyne Taniya Rhianna Abagail Sydnee Yahaira Jaiden Lesli

For a brother

Kale Aaden Keven Zakary Garret Samual Donavon Shamar

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